Appeals court upholds $300K award in foreclosure rescue fraud
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D.C. unemployment scandal widens to 300 workers
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — A city official says hundreds of workers were involved in fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits while still holding government jobs. The Washington Examiner reports an investigation is ongoing after the scandal was uncovered earlier this year. Lisa Mallory, director of the D.C. Department of Employment Services told D.C. Councilmembers on Monday that her agency [...] |
Lawyer from Baltimore gets jail time, probation in W.Va. fraud
BY: Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A Maryland man who admitted defrauding clients while working as a lawyer in West Virginia will spend four months in jail and five years on probation. Berkeley County Circuit Court Judge Gray Silver sentenced 37-year-old Kenneth J. Ford of Baltimore on Wednesday. The Journal says Ford pleaded guilty to all 10 counts [...] |
Morgan State professor indicted on fraud charges
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Lawsuit alleges ‘brazen’ fraud at Countrywide
BY: Associated Press NEW YORK — The latest federal lawsuit over alleged mortgage fraud paints an unflattering picture of a doomed lender: Executives at Countrywide Financial urged workers to churn out loans, accepted fudged applications and tried to hide ballooning defaults. The suit, filed Wednesday by the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, also underscored how Bank of America’s [...] |
D.C.-area election officials expect high turnout
BY: The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Election officials in the Washington area are preparing for high turnout and confusion at the polls Nov. 6 as voters adjust to shifted districts and new identification requirements. Maryland and Virginia officials said they expect 70 to 80 percent of registered voters to cast ballots, based on the turnout for the 2008 general [...] |
Wheaton man headed to prison in NYC Torah fraud case
BY: Associated Press NEW YORK — A Jewish charity co-founder who billed himself as a “Jewish Indiana Jones” bent on rescuing vintage Torahs across the globe was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday for conning donors out of about $1 million. Menachem Youlus told a judge in federal court in Manhattan that he was [...] |
Woman pleads guilty to $100,000 insurance fraud
BY: Associated Press ANNAPOLIS — A woman has pleaded guilty to getting nearly $100,000 from an insurance company by falsely claiming her young son had been repeatedly hospitalized. Thirty-year-old Shirley Rae Owens of Arnold entered the plea to theft scheme on Tuesday. She faces up to five years in prison at sentencing Jan. 9. Prosecutors say Owens, who [...] |
Former Raven sues NFL for fraud, conspiracy, negligence
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Railroad retiree from Md. gets 18 months for tax evasion
BY: Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — An ex-railroad worker from Maryland who ran a West Virginia scrap yard while collecting disability checks will spend 18 months in prison for tax evasion. Fifty-year-old Kenneth Harold Hogan of Oldtown, Md., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Martinsburg earlier this week on a misdemeanor count of making false statements and [...] |
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